Every book(almost) in the Deathlands series has a quote in the beginning. Here is a compilation of quotes from the series.
Pilgrimage to Hell
(This book does not have a quote.)
Red Holocaust
(Instead of a quote, there is only a dedication.) "This is for MH, who made me believe in the reality of deus ex machina. With thanks and the best of friendship.
Neutron Solstice
(This book does not have a quote.)
Crater Lake
Homeward Bound
Pony Soldiers
Dectra Chain
Ice and Fire
Red Equinox
Northstar Rising
Time Nomads
Latitude Zero
Seedling
Dark Carnival
Chill Factor
Moon Fate
Fury's Pilgrims
Shockscape
Deep Empire
Cold Asylum
Twilight Children
Rider, Reaper
Happiness dwells within each heart, Until it's stolen by a thief. We all know that villian dark, Whose wretched name is grief. --From Lives of Quiet Desperation, by Mary Lynn Britton, Bishop's Press, 1888
Road Wars
In the end, we'll all finish up in the cold, cold ground. But, until then, bloody Hell, babes, don't we have fun! --From Wine, Theatre and Friends, by Archie Pellago, Goldhurst Press, 1992
Trader Redux
During my too long life, I have often lost touch with good, good friends for a number of years and then contrived to meet up with them again. These meetings, which I always anticipated with great eagerness, were universally a great disappointment. It is one of the great truths of the world that you can never go back. --From The Gospel According to Me, by Bobo "Tinky" Finkelstein, Showbiz Press, New York, 1937
Genesis Echo
Shadowfall
Ground Zero
Emerald Fire
Bloodlines
Crossways
Keepers of the Sun
Circle Thrice
Eclipse at Noon
One should head eventually for the place where the land becomes mainly sea and the sea becomes mainly sky. --From Midnight Rambler, the Collected Thoughts of Chairman Mark, published by Islander Press of Key West, 1995
Stoneface
Bitter Fruit
Skydark
Demons of Eden
Mars Arena
Watersleep
Nightmare Passage
Freedom Lost
Way of the Wolf
Dark Emblem
Crucible of Time
Starfall
Encounter: Collector's Edition
Gemini Rising (The Baronies Trilogy Book I)
There is no one people in the history of the world to whom gaining their independence had not brought forth the tortures which ancient poets and theologians reserved for the damned. --Sir Winston Churchill, The Gathering Storm, 1936
Gaia's Demise (The Baronies Trilogy Book II)
...for when all the strong elements, military and futile, were unhinged, mighty forces became adrift, and the void was open. And after a pause, into the void strode a maniac of ferocious genius, the repository and expression of the most virulent hatred that has ever corroded the human heart. The door of opportunity was open, the dreamful time was at hand, and God helped us, it was all about to begin once more..... --Sir Winston Churchill, The Hinge of Fate, 1938
Dark Reckoning (The Baronies Trilogy Book III)
Shadow World
Pandora's Redoubt
Rat King
Zero City
Savage Armada
Judas Strike
Shadow Fortress
Sunchild
Breakthrough
Salvation Road
Amazon Gate (Illuminated Ones Book I)
Destiny's Truth (Illuminated Ones Book II)
Skydark Spawn
Damnation Road Show
Devil Riders
Bloodfire
Hellbenders
Separation
Death Hunt
Shaking Earth
Black Harvest
Vengeance Trail
Ritual Chill (Altered States Book I)
Atlantis Reprise (Altered States Book II)
Labyrinth
Strontium Swamp
Shatterzone
Perdition Valley
Cannibal Moon
Sky Raider
Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground, and much more in the skies. ---Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote de la Mancha(1.3.6)
Remember Tomorrow
Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and torment themselves with fruitless wishes for that which is beyond their reach. ---Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon, 1651-1715
Sunspot
Desert Kings
Apocalypse Unborn
Thunder Road
Plague Lords (Empire of Xibalba Book I)
Dark Resurrection (Empire of Xibalba Book II)
Eden's Twilight
Desolation Crossing
Alpha Wave
Time Castaways
Prophecy
Blood Harvest
Arcadian's Asylum
Baptism of Rage
Doom Helix
But I can tell you what your folly and injustice will compel us to do. It will compel us to be free from your domination, and more self-reliant than we have been. John H. Reagan 1881-1905
Moonfeast
Downrigger Drift
Playfair's Axiom
Tainted Cascade
Perception Fault
Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the "dragon," in their efforts to win the apples of the Hesperides, or the fleece of gold. Fallen in their efforts to overcome the old, half sordid savagery of the lower stages of creation, and win the next stage. --D. H. Lawrence 1885-1930
Prodigal's Return
Haven's Blight
Hell Road Warriors
(Not Released until March 2012)
Palaces of Light
(Not Released until May 2012)
Wretched Earth
(Not Released until July 2012)
Crimson Waters
(Release date not revealed yet)